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Search the Public Notice PortalControversial plans for student housing on a West End car park will be decided on next week.
Council officials are recommending the application be granted for 291 flats over two blocks at Lilybank Gardens in Hillhead.
The planning application, for the car park behind Ashton Lane, attracted 188 representations, with 182 from objectors and six in support.
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The objections included that alternative sites should be considered, anti-social behaviour, impact on property values, loss of a car park, loss of trees, noise issues and litter.
The flats will be over two blocks of seven storeys.
Glasgow University has applied for permission to build the flats and said there is a shortage of purpose-built student accommodation in the city.
Its assessment states the number of students living in the city has increased by 27% over the last five years and there is a “demand pool for rented accommodation” of 52,430 students.
It said even with almost 21,000 PBSA beds and another 6,308 student flats in the pipeline, there is a shortage of thousands of flats.
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The University stated: “On the basis of student demand, the proposed new development would satisfy part of the shortfall.”
The proposal will result in the removal of 59 individual trees, but the planning application states the proposed landscaping scheme includes planting 44 new trees.
It states: “This will include planting new trees in Lilybank Gardens and replacing felled trees in retained landscaping strips on Great George Lane. There are ten trees within the site that the applicant intends to transplant to other locations across the wider campus.”
The planning officers recommended the proposal is granted.
The report stated: “The application site is an unattractive brownfield car park site in the heart of the Glasgow West Conservation Area.
“The proposed development represents a significant opportunity to repair a portion of urban block that offers little to the local environment.
“The high quality design and materials will contribute positively to the surrounding Conservation Area.
“The proposed commercial units will contribute to the ongoing success of Ashton Lane and Great George Street Lane, which are popular leisure destinations. In doing so it will support the vitality of the local town centre.”
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